> 7. The Montreal Solution
> Date: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:57 am ((PST))
>
> At the Casino du Montreal, a very busy place, smoking on the casino
> floor is prohibited. It wasn't always this way. It used to be that
> smoking was allowed everywhere, and it could be really bad sometimes.
> Forgive me...but those Frenchies can really smoke ...Anyway, a few
> years ago they installed glass enclosed smoking lounges on each floor.
> These are fairly good-sized, with couches and comfy chairs, a coffee
> bar and magazines. Really quite nice. Each is seperately ventilated to
> get the smoke out of the building. So, the smokers go in there, enjoy
> their cigarettes(cigars are not allowed at Casino du Montreal)and the
> clean air in the casino is a real pleasure.
>
> This is a sensible solution which should be implimented here in Las
> Vegas. It keeps the smoker's in the building, so the casino doesn't
> lose business, and everyone gets to breathe clean air. Another point,
> smoking is dirty...and the casinos have to spend a lot of money to
> clean up after the smokers. This expense could be mitigated to a large
> extent. The Casino du Montreal is very clean.
>
This is the "solution" used by some airports. To a non-smoker like myself, I am still very well aware of the smell of smoke in the vicinity of these rooms, which are perhaps not as well ventilated as at the Casino du Montreal -- but it's still a big improvement over having a smoker right next to me. I remember the days of "smoking rows" on the airplane, and what it was like for a non-smoker to be seated in the adjacent "non-smoking" row, with no barriers in between. But I also remember when it was OK to drink and drive (yes, there was a time when it wasn't a big deal).
--BG
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